Via Daily Dharma: Let the World Happen

 

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Let the World Happen This is how the world runs: Everything we need is already there. All we have to do is trust and let things happen. Wang Ping, “Riprap” CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

Ocean Mudra Samadhi By Eihei Dogen Zenji, translated by Kazuaki Tanahashi and Sobun Katherine Thanas ​​In this landmark teaching, Dogen expounds on the nonconceptual nature of time and space. Read more » Tricycle Meditation Month 2025 Mindfulness, Wisdom, and Compassion with John Dunne Join Tricycle’s FREE month-long meditation program to learn about the pillars of Buddhism and mindfulness with meditation teacher John Dunne. Sign up »

Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Living: Abstaining from Intoxication

 

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RIGHT LIVING Undertaking the Commitment to Abstain from Intoxication Intoxication is unhealthy. Refraining from intoxication is healthy. (MN 9) What are the imperfections that defile the mind? Negligence is an imperfection that defiles the mind. Knowing that negligence is an imperfection that defiles the mind, a person abandons it. (MN 7) One practices thus: "Others may become negligent by intoxication, but I will abstain from the negligence of intoxication." (MN 8) One of the dangers attached to addiction to intoxicants is waste of money. (DN 31)

Reflection Like the other ethical guidelines, the one for sobriety is couched in language that can be interpreted narrowly or broadly. It mentions abstaining from fermented and distilled drinks but warns specifically against the state of negligence that comes from their consumption. It is thus implied that we can also consider a number of other substances and behaviors that lead to intoxication or dull the senses and induce negligence. Can you think of any?   Daily Practice When the texts specifically warn us off intoxication, they focus on the adverse effects of drinking and similar pursuits. Here we find the simple and straightforward truth that addictive habits waste money. Consuming alcohol and other addictive substances is not couched as a moral failing but as an unskillful way to live. Take an inventory of what you regularly spend money on and reflect on whether these are healthy or unhealthy habits. Tomorrow: Maintaining Arisen Healthy States One week from today: Abstaining from Harming Living Beings Share your thoughts and join the conversation on social media #DhammaWheel Questions? Visit the Dhamma Wheel orientation page.

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Via Daily Dharma: This Is a Practice

 

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This Is a Practice Attachment to outcomes is absurd. Resistance is futile. The practice, says Mazu, is “exactly this here right now.” Leath Tonino, “Flying with Mazu” CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE

Intimacy with the Present Moment By Larry Rosenberg On not wasting time through attention and presence.  Read more » Tricycle Meditation Month 2025 Mindfulness, Wisdom, and Compassion with John Dunne Join Tricycle’s FREE month-long meditation program to learn about the pillars of Buddhism and mindfulness with meditation teacher John Dunne. Sign up »

Via Dhamma Wheel | Right Action: Reflecting upon Social Action

 

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RIGHT ACTION Reflecting Upon Social Action However the seed is planted, in that way the fruit is gathered. Good things come from doing good deeds; bad things come from doing bad deeds. (SN 11.10) What is the purpose of a mirror? For the purpose of reflection. So too social action is to be done with repeated reflection. (MN 61) One reflects thus: "A person who acts in hurtful ways is displeasing and disagreeable to me. If I were to act in hurtful ways, I  would be displeasing and disagreeable to others. Therefore, I will undertake a commitment to not act in hurtful ways." (MN 15)

Reflection The classical teachings list three modes of action—body, speech, and mind—not four. Social action is not a category in the ancient texts, but it is an important aspect of our modern world, and the Buddha had plenty to say about how to act among others. The same principles apply: reflect carefully on how you interact with others and learn to behave in ways that are healthy and bring about healthy relationships. Daily Practice One of the best things we can learn from others is how not to act. Whenever we see something in others that is disagreeable to us, we can take the opportunity to refrain from acting the same way ourselves. Instead of blaming others or feeling insulted by them or putting our energy into rebuking them or trying to change them, none of which is useful or likely to be successful, let’s learn instead what not to do ourselves. Tomorrow: Abstaining from Intoxication One week from today: Reflecting upon Bodily Action Share your thoughts and join the conversation on social media #DhammaWheel Questions? Visit the Dhamma Wheel orientation page.

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Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - December 18, 2024 💌

"I used to be a person who spoke of my soul like it was a heart or a liver or something like that. Now I treat my soul as a second perspective within myself. So I go into watching number two (soul) watching number one (ego). Soul has a very simple motive structure - it wants to meld with number three (God). It wants to go into the All and Everything. Number two came from a very different space than number one came from. The soul came directly from spirit. The incarnation came with an operating system, like a piece of software, called the ego. Number one stops at the end of the incarnation, death. But the soul doesn’t. It just keeps galumphing along, through one and another and another. I don’t know about you, but I would like to be identified with my soul when I die."

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